Baby Girl's Baby Shower

I seriously have the BEST friends a girl could ask for!!! These 4 ladies went above and beyond to make me feel so special and to give this sweet baby girl a BEAUTIFUL shower!!! 

Thank you all SO MUCH for everything you did to make this so perfect! 

Along with having the sweetest friends EVER, I have the most talented friends as well! Check out this BEAUTIFUL painting my friend did! This amazing sign will be hung above Holland's crib! I can't wait to get it all put together! 

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They seriously went above and beyond and thought of everything!! They even got my favorite cereal!! <3 <3 <3 

The cutest bow making station!! We seriously have a bow or two to go with every outfit now!! Haha!

I still can't believe we are having a little girl!!! I told me mom MANY years ago that I thought I would have all boys, so this was a sweet surprise!

I am just so thankful for each and every person who took the time to come! You all mean SO MUCH to me!!!

What a fun day February 8th was!! Miss Holland, we are ready for you! Your room is slowly but surely coming together, but more importantly, our hearts are so excited to meet you! You have been prayed for for some time now! <3 

Second Trimester - Baby #3

Second Trimester- Baby #3!!!

Here is a fun filled overview of second trimester with our sweet baby girl! I love getting to read these and compare all the similarities and differences with all my pregnancies!

You can read all about the First Trimester Here!

Baby Size: We have gone from the size of a lemon to an eggplant!! Lots of growing happening for sure! I can feel it and you can definitely see it!! HAHA!

My Symptoms: Thankfully my energy returned at the beginning of the second trimester and my sickness pretty much subsided. By the end of the 2nd trimester, I was definitely feeling a little more tired and wanting to go to bed earlier and earlier. The worst part right now is my pelvic bone. I had this same problem with Rhett. If I stand for too long, don't wear really supportive shoes, or even sit for any number of minutes and then stand up, my pelvic bone basically feels like it is breaking. Not exactly sure what that would actually feel like, but I can imagine based on how excruciating this can feel! My other annoying symptom that has been around since the beginning is feeling out of breathe. It's hard to sing because I can't get enough air. It has nothing to do with being out of shape because I have worked out consistency during this pregnancy and was probably in the best shape of my life before I got pregnant. It's just crazy how exhausted I can feel and how out of breathe I am after one song.

Weight: I think I am up about 20 lbs from pre-pregnancy. I try not to weigh myself too often, but I'm always a little curious!

Gender: GIRL!!! Holland Rose Morris! I can't wait to meet this sweet thing and I sure hope she likes PINK!

Maternity Clothes: Around Week 27 I think I jumped in and started wearing maternity pants. My other ones, even doing the hair tie trick, were getting uncomfortable and I decided it was time! Haha! As far as shirts and dresses, I mainly wear my normal clothes. I have to wear an undershirt since some of my shirts are a little short to wear with maternity pants.

Movement: She is ACTIVE! I love getting to feel her move around! Trevor has felt her several times, but I swear every time I tell him "she's being so active" and Trevor tries to feel, she stops! Haha!

Sleep: I'm a great sleeper! Haha! I've had a couple restless nights or nights where I really struggled with heartburn, but most of the time sleep is great!

Cravings: Ice Cream and ICE! I want to crunch ice ALL.DAY.LONG!

Workouts: The first trimester was definitely non-existent! However, second trimester has been GREAT! I completed 68 workouts during my 2nd trimester and I'm pretty darn proud of that!

Best Pregnancy Moment: I have had lots of wonderful pregnancy moments. I'm honestly just really excited and filled with joy (no, I'm not in the best mood all the time and I feel like I am more irritable with the boys sometimes) but overall, I have an amazing sense of joy! I think the neatest thing during this whole pregnancy is seeing how excited Brooks is to have a sister! It melts me every time he talks about her!!

Goals for Next Trimester: Enjoy the last few weeks! I know this is going to be the last time I'm pregnant (I know, I know...I said that last time! HA!) But, I think I mean it this time. I want to soak up as much time with the boys as I'm sure our lives will definitely change once she arrives. I'm going to enjoy my ice cream that I want every.single.night (HA!) and I'm going to finish this little girls room!

Thoughts: I.CAN'T.WAIT for her to arrive! It's definitely a different feeling going from 1 to 2 and now 2 to 3. Going from 1 to 2, I felt like a chapter was closing, I felt a little guilty about my one-on-one time with Brooks ending. I don't really have any of those thoughts this time around. I know how to create one on one time with each kiddo and I know how special it is to have a sibling, so I'm really just excited for her to be here and continue doing what we're doing.


Here are a few pictures from 2nd trimester...

14 Weeks

14 Weeks

Finding out it's a GIRL!!!

16 Weeks!

17.5 Weeks

Girls got muscles already!! HAHA! 

20 Weeks! 

20 Weeks with all 3! Brooks, Rhett and Holland!

I made working out a big priority through the 2nd trimester, so I had to include this one! I love Brooks' encouragement! 

23 Weeks!

27 Weeks

Gender Reveal

As we got closer and closer to finding out the gender, I was getting more and more set on hoping this baby was a girl. We had all intentions of finding out WITH our family, but I was getting a little afraid of my reaction if it happened to be another boy. Haha! This child would be SO LOVED either way, but for some reason my heart was becoming more and more set on a girl. To be honest, before getting pregnant, I loved the idea of having 3 boys, so my heart change was a little odd. Anyway, I told Trevor a few weeks before we found out that I really wanted to find out with him alone and then that night we would do something fun for our families. He didn't love the idea, but I came up with a fun way so he was okay with it. 

I knew I didn't want to just find out in the doctor's office, so we had our doctor put it in an envelope and we went to this cute little store in Utica Square called Lolly Garden. We picked out a boy outfit and a girl outfit and then had the lady working look at the ultrasound and only ring up the one that matched the ultrasound gender. We went and waited outside so we would have no idea which one she rang up. She even wrapped it up for us and made it so special.

What will it be???

SO excited!!!

We planned to go to a Mexican restaurant to open it because this baby is due on Cindo de Mayo (HA) but I didn't want to drive all the way to BA to go to Los Cabos which is where Trevor chose, so we just went to Peppers at Utica Square. This was perfect because Peppers was our first date almost 15 years ago! 

I honestly thought it was going to be a boy and was COMPLETELY shocked when I opened it up and saw the cute girl onesie and bow that we picked out in the bag!! We got the whole thing on video and you can totally see the shock and complete JOY on my face! I couldn't figure out how to add a video here.

A few weeks before this I was talking to Trevor about a cool, totally made up, cake idea on how to surprise our family. The next day I'm on Instagram and this ad shows up in my stories with a Surprise Cake ad. This is basically what I was describing to Trevor and I didn't know anything like this even existed. I of course bought it! Haha! The day before the reveal I made the cake and got everything ready, so all we had to do was stuff the cylinder in the middle with something blue or pink after we found out. 

We first had a couple twists and turns for our family. They didn't know we had a cake, so we initially sent them on a scavenger hunt looking for clues which led them to this cool cake. 

The cake was just a vanilla cake, not pink or blue, but this cool cylinder popped out when you pulled the lever. We stuffed the cute onesie and pink bow in there. 

Brooks has been telling me since the beginning that he wants a sister. He always said "I already have a brother, I don't need another one!" I'm so glad I didn't have to disappoint him!! HAHA! 

We are so excited to meet you sweet girl!!!

We had such a fun day finding out together and then getting to tell our families! We can't wait to meet you Holland Rose!!! 

First Trimester - Baby #3

With Brooks I documented things weekly and I couldn't really keep up with it when I was pregnant with Rhett, so you can only imagine how I feel about this one! Haha! Chasing two little ones, running a business, leading worship at church, being a wife, etc. Life happens! So here is a general overview!

Baby Size: If I'm being honest, I copied and pasted all of these from my blog about the first trimester with Brooks and Rhett! Ha!
Week: 5-Appleseed, 6-Sweetpea, 7-Blueberry, 8-Raspberry, 9-Green Olive, 10-Prune, 11-Lime, 12-Plum and 13-Peach

My Symptoms: I've had some of the same symptoms and definitely some new ones this go-around. Nausea has been brutal! Definitely thrown up on a few occasions, but most of the time nothing really sounded good other than carbs. I didn't really love eating only carbs for weeks, but it was about the only thing I could keep down. I have terrible headaches and start feeling really down in the afternoons. That's usually when I get stuff done for Usborne Books and More, so it was a little rough for a few weeks. I basically took September off because I couldn't kick these awful headaches. I'd attempt to work out, but it actually made me feel worse, so workouts were pretty nonexistent most of 1st trimester. Tiredness is crazy, but I can't give into that because of two toddlers. Some days when Trevor got home, I just went to bed, but most days I could power through till the end. Another odd symptom is, my mouth constantly has a metal taste. It drives me CRAZY! I usually just chew gum or eat a quick snack to override it, but it comes back pretty quickly. I'm hoping that goes away in the 2nd trimester. And now the craziest symptom. I am COMPLETELY out of breathe. It constantly feels like someone is pinching my lungs. This has been a real problem when I'm trying to sing. I can barely make it through one song without needing to take a breather. This has been a real challenge for me. I even tried an inhaler, but it actually made things worse. So, I had to tough it out. Hoping that gets better in the 2nd trimester too!

Weight: I think I've gained about 5 pounds. I'm sure it's because of only eating carbs for weeks! Haha! But I was thankful to be able to keep those down, so you win some, you lose some.

Gender: We find out November 14th and I.CANNOT.WAIT! Trevor thinks it's a girl, but I am not putting any bets on that! HAHA!

Maternity Clothes: Not yet. But a couple pairs of pants are definitely getting tight.

Movement: Since I kind of already know what I'm feeling for, I have felt little flutters a couple times when I lay down for bed. I'm excited to feel movement again. That was one of my favorite parts of being pregnant with the first two.

Sleep: Sleeping is good. I'm a GREAT sleeper, thankfully! I usually get up to pee once or twice but I easily fall back asleep.

Cravings: Carbs! HA! I also do NOT want sweets. I rarely turn down ice cream (lol) but that's not really what sounds good. I'd rather have something salty...popcorn, pretzels, etc. I also want iced coffee. Hot coffee sounds pretty terrible, but I'm always up for an iced coffee. Trying not to drink too much caffeine, but it usually helps a little when I get those afternoon headaches.

Work Outs: These were pretty nonexistent in the first trimester. I was actually advised not to work out when I was pregnant with Rhett because of some crazy complications, so to be honest, I had a little fear going into working out after finding out I was pregnant. I did work out a couple times, but sometimes a nap was more important. I'm hoping to start up again in second trimester.

Best Pregnancy Moment: Honestly just finding out I was pregnant because of trying for over a year. And getting to tell our friends and family who'd been praying for us for so long.

Goals for next trimester: Work-out and eat less carbs!

Thoughts: Before getting pregnant I was really set on wanting all boys. But now after getting pregnant there is a big part of me that wants this one to be a girl! I'll be GREAT either way, but I am definitely anticipating the day we find out!

10 Weeks Preggo! Not really showing, but I definitely see a little pooch! And a crazy cluttered closet! Ha!

Even though I was completely short of breathe even before we started, I was proud of myself for doing the Maroon Bells Hike when I went on a girl's trip to Colorado.

Always more than a month behind! HAHA! Rhett's 24 Months!

I'm happy I can stop talking about my kids in months now! HA! My child is officially 2! We had the cutest birthday party which you can read about here: Look Hooo's Two

Here is the month leading up to that fun party!

The most snuggly thing! 

I'm horrible at keeping up with these! 

This melted my heart. Rhett usually loves to be held and it was just this month that he decided he wanted to walk more. These two started holding each other's hands! I can totally get on board with that!

Coweta Fall Festival was a hit with these two! They loved riding all the rides!

If only you could see Rhett's HUGE smile in this one! 

Sometimes he wakes up earlier than brother, so he joins me while I'm getting ready! Always with 5 books in his hand! Haha!

So pretty!

The coolest interactive book! They have been really into dinosaurs lately, so this has been a super fun read! They get to come nose to nose with a diplodocus and wear the spike plates of a stegosaurus! 

My guitar playing crazy kid! 

Learning to count! Rhett is up to about 5 right now.

Cousins...or cousins kids! It's all the same! Haha! 

Since we are eating breakfast, we might as well read a book about our book eating monster Nibbles!!

I love seeing all the deer around our house!

Zoo Day with these crazies!

Fennec Fox

Obligatory train ride of course!

They were fighting over the stroller, they either both had to be out or both had to be in, so we made it work! HA! 

Seriously the SWEETEST smile! 

This boy has REALLY gotten into books! Every day when he wakes up from his nap, I have a huge stack in the living room for him. We usually read the whole stack and sometimes twice! 

Fun Halloween read!

Sometimes this is what work looks like for me. I try to get  most stuff done when they are napping, but sometimes it's a family thing. And when little one wants to sit on your lap, you let him sit on your lap because that's the perk of having a home based business! <3 

Magic Painting Books for the WIN!

We are also loving these new Listen and Learn Books! We have the Spanish one but I think their favorite is the musical instrument one!

In preparation for Rhett's birthday party, I put these boys to work! Haha! They were amazing helpers that day and I think they really enjoy cleaning!

Such a cute party!!

The evening of Rhett's party we went to the Oxley Nature Center and had some fun hiking! Gosh, these two are so cute!

For Rhett's actual birthday, my mom and I took the boys to Carmichael's Pumpkin Patch! They always have a great time feeding the animals, petting the animals and climbing all over the pumpkins.

We even did a pony ride in honor of Rhett's birthday! They had SO MUCH fun! 

Camels are so weird!

When I ask Brooks to smile and he is over it, this is the new smile he gives me! Great! Ha!

He exudes joy!!!

CUTIES!

Wild and Crazy! 

Birthday kisses for the Birthday boy!! 

What a fun month! And now my baby is 2! Well, actually he is already a month older than that, but who's counting! HA! One day I'll be all caught up on here! I'm so thankful for my family and thankful for the time I get to be home with these beautiful babies! Life is sweet! <3 <3